With this, the strength of SP in the UP assembly has reduced to 104. The BJP and its allies together have a strength of 290. Congress has two MLAs, BSP one, and Raja Bhaiyya-led Jansatta Dal Loktantrik has two legislators, while SBSP’s Abbas Ansari has been disqualified after his conviction in a hate speech case recently.All three were expelled from the Samajwadi Party on June 23, 2025 citing their behaviour against the ideological commitments of the party. Akhilesh had said that that all three were free to do what they wanted.The SP claimed that the expelled lawmakers were initially given opportunities to correct their course but to no avail.Though they were expelled from the party, the three legislators did not lose their membership. However, they would decide their future course of action only after the Speaker gives clarity after taking legal opinion on the issue.The three MLAs had opened stirred controversy within Samajwadi Party by voting in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, helping the party win an extra seat during the Rajya Sabha election held in February, last year. These three MLAs were among the seven other SP lawmakers who allegedly cross voted in the crucial Rajya Sabha polls.
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